A normal newborn may be defined as an infant, birth through first 28 days [2], who has undergone normal transition after birth (irrespective of the nature of delivery room intervention received) [3]. Codes for initial, subsequent and same-day admission and discharge codes are shown in Table...
WHATISTHEPLACEOFSERVICE?PhysicianofficeHospitalNursingfacilityOutpatientclinicEmergencydepartmentObservationareaofhospital WHATTYPEOFSERVICEWHATTYPEOFSERVICE?Examplesare:InitialcareforafirstvisitSubsequentcareforfollow-upvisitsProlongedcareStandbyservices WHATISTHEPATIENT’SSTATUS?Isthepatient:IllorinjuredCriticallyillorinjured...
it is important to acknowledge that procedure identification information is lost in the process. This implies that two completely different procedures within different subspecialties will appear indistinguishable from one another if they have similar RVU values. While this may not be important for the p...
WHATISTHEPLACEOFSERVICE?PhysicianofficeHospitalNursingfacilityOutpatientclinicEmergencydepartmentObservationareaofhospital WHATTYPEOFSERVICEWHATTYPEOFSERVICE?Examplesare:InitialcareforafirstvisitSubsequentcareforfollow-upvisitsProlongedcareStandbyservices WHATISTHEPATIENT’SSTATUS?Isthepatient:IllorinjuredCriticallyillorinjured...